TY - BOOK ID - 85675493 TI - Contextualizing Disaster AU - Button, Gregory V. AU - Schuller, Mark AU - Knowledge Unlatched PY - 2016 SN - 1789204771 9781789204773 PB - [s.l.] : Berghahn Books, DB - UniCat KW - Nature / Natural Disasters KW - Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief KW - Nature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85675493 AB - "Contextualizing Disaster" offers a comparative analysis of six recent highly visible disasters and several slow-burning, hidden, crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomena. ER -